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Sex pleasure might help us learn - if rats are any guide (opiods & addictive process) - C C - Jun 27, 2018
https://massivesci.com/articles/opioid-sex-pleasure-learning-rats/
EXCERPT: . . . This kind of scientific dedication has resulted in interesting discoveries, with implications for human behavior. For example, by observing rats, researchers at Cinvestav Sede Sur and Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente in Mexico recently discovered that opioids in the brain don't just make us feel good during sex – the pleasure we feel might actually be helping us learn.
Sex is innately rewarding. The behavior is associated with the activation of opioid receptors in "reward centers" of the brain. Activation of these centers is also a key component to the development of addiction. The process of addiction involves learning to associate some sort of external cue, like a particular environment, with a rewarding outcome, like a high. But this reward-driven process is not just involved in the development of addictive behaviors – it's also important for the development of both vocalizations and movements. So, strangely, opioids (the reward that makes us feel good) released during sex (the behavioral cue) are therefore well-suited to be involved in behavioral learning....
MORE: https://massivesci.com/articles/opioid-sex-pleasure-learning-rats/
RE: Sex pleasure might help us learn - if rats are any guide (opiods & addictive process) - Ostronomos - Jun 29, 2018
The only other option besides engaging in sex is repressing it and that has consequences. Expressing one's sexuality in a healthy way can lead to the maintenance of a healthy mind and body. But only to some degree. Healthy eating contributes to this as well.
I personally believe sex and love should go hand in hand. Not recklessly committed.
RE: Sex pleasure might help us learn - if rats are any guide (opiods & addictive process) - Zinjanthropos - Jun 29, 2018
Consenting adults don't require love IMHO. Pleasurable sex is also IMHO a two way street. What I mean by that is both participants (understand there could be more) make the effort to please their partner(s). Solo sex would lack that added mutual benefit and seem selfish, notwithstanding many a sexual rendezvous where result could be same. I have learned that partners intent on pleasuring one another is the most gratifying sex anyone can have. I guess that means double the opioids for sex that truly represents giving and receiving.
RE: Sex pleasure might help us learn - if rats are any guide (opiods & addictive process) - Ostronomos - Jun 29, 2018
(Jun 29, 2018 04:34 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: Consenting adults don't require love IMHO. Pleasurable sex is also IMHO a two way street. What I mean by that is both participants (understand there could be more) make the effort to please their partner(s). Solo sex would lack that added mutual benefit and seem selfish, notwithstanding many a sexual rendezvous where result could be same. I have learned that partners intent on pleasuring one another is the most gratifying sex anyone can have. I guess that means double the opioids for sex that truly represents giving and receiving.
You're a pig.
RE: Sex pleasure might help us learn - if rats are any guide (opiods & addictive process) - Zinjanthropos - Jun 29, 2018
(Jun 29, 2018 06:47 PM)Ostronomos Wrote:(Jun 29, 2018 04:34 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: Consenting adults don't require love IMHO. Pleasurable sex is also IMHO a two way street. What I mean by that is both participants (understand there could be more) make the effort to please their partner(s). Solo sex would lack that added mutual benefit and seem selfish, notwithstanding many a sexual rendezvous where result could be same. I have learned that partners intent on pleasuring one another is the most gratifying sex anyone can have. I guess that means double the opioids for sex that truly represents giving and receiving.
You're a pig.
I am?
You know Ostro, part of forum discussion may cross boundaries you aren't prepared for.
RE: Sex pleasure might help us learn - if rats are any guide (opiods & addictive process) - Ostronomos - Jun 29, 2018
(Jun 29, 2018 08:55 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote:(Jun 29, 2018 06:47 PM)Ostronomos Wrote:(Jun 29, 2018 04:34 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: Consenting adults don't require love IMHO. Pleasurable sex is also IMHO a two way street. What I mean by that is both participants (understand there could be more) make the effort to please their partner(s). Solo sex would lack that added mutual benefit and seem selfish, notwithstanding many a sexual rendezvous where result could be same. I have learned that partners intent on pleasuring one another is the most gratifying sex anyone can have. I guess that means double the opioids for sex that truly represents giving and receiving.
You're a pig.
I am?
You know Ostro, part of forum discussion may cross boundaries you aren't prepared for.
I didn't mean to blast your preferences. I was just making funny banter.